Hi all. I'm trying to identify a little component that came attached
to a battery pack. The battery pack is from my son's speech synthesis
device that he uses for home and school.
It's a small gray device labeled PEPI U on one side and 44V+070C or 03V
+070C on the other. Google search on variations of those code numbers
turns up nothing. The battery packs are of UK origin. I've posted a
picture at
http://picasaweb.google.com/rickrussell/Misc/photo#5223857006156936450
I suspect that this might be some kind of voltage limiter or charge
limiter designed to clamp down when voltage or current falls below a
threshold, to prevent the batteries from being overcharged inside the
device. I've installed new battery packs without the devices, but if
they are indeed designed to protect the devices, I can recycle the old
ones and re-use them. But I don't want to bother disassembling the new
packs unless it's im****tant.
Thanks,
Rick R.
